The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-03
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WASHINGTON, Jan. ga petition
asking for the passage of a pending
high liquor license will be presented Il
the house ON Monday The petition
bears the signatures of the proprietor!
of the following hotels: The Arlington
Wizards, Riggs, Warmley, Welckers
Metropolitan, National, st. James anC
| Chamberlain. The bill referred to is
senate bill No. 1880, introduced by
Mr.. Ingalls, February 10, 1886, and has
already passed the senate. 1t increases
the existing wholesale license fee from
S25 to $500 and the retail liquor license
from 800 to $500.
THE MATTHEW'S REJECTION.
In the secret session of the senate
this afternoon Senator ingalls, offered
| in the form of a resolution q letter &c
the president in reply to the message
sent by him to the senate some weeks
ago, giving his reasons for renominating
j. G.. Matthews to be recorder of deeds
for this district. The letter went oYel
under objection and will be opened at
the next secret session. Its purpose is
stated to be to correct the impression
which prevails to some extent that
color, and that the nomination was
made party question by the senate.
FINAL DIVIDEND.
Acting Secretary Fairchild to-day de-
Glazed final dividend of 5 per cent in
favor of the creditors of the World S
Exposition at New Orleans, payable
out of the appropriation of 1885, 600
made by congress in aid of the EXPOSE
tion
MINERAL RESOURCES.
The United States geological survey
to-day issued a report on the mineral
resources of the United States for 1885.
The totalmineral product is valued at
1929 600, 900, an increase of SIS, 000, 900
over 1894.
MANNING NON-OOAISITTTAL.
Secretary Manning's attention was
to-day called to the published state
ments that he expects shortly to resign
from the treasury to become the head of
Il new bank in New York, and an ex-
preston was invited from him when the
subject became of great public inter-
est. The secretary replied that he had
not been offered the presidency of any
such bank, that according to his own
experience it is customary to organize
and elect board of directors before Sc
Letting the other officers, and SO far us
he knew this had not been done. Mr..
Warnings remarks indicated that he
did not wish to appear as expressing in
advance an opinion on a contingency
which had not arisen. The fact that
several of Mr.. Manning's friends are
among the organizers of the proposed
new bank, and that Il large number of
heavy subscriptions for the stock had
been made contingent upon Mr.. Nam
ning's becoming president of it gives
color to the rumorS.
MORE PROTESTS.
WASHINGTON, d. G. Jan. 3I.-Tbe
attorney general received an additional
number of protests against the inter
state commerce bill this morning. They
are mainly briefs from attorneys of
railroad companies. He still has the
bill under consideration, but it is ex-
pected he viii submit his report to the
president tomorrow.
RECESS POSTPONED.
In the supreme court to-day the chief
justice announced that the court would
further postpone the February recess
and sit Monday and Tuesday of next
week to hear argument in the telephone
cases in order to give all counsel time.
StoTTow then proceeded with an argu.
ment in behalf of the Bell telephone
company.
GARLAND'S REPORT FILED
Attorney General Garland called on
the president this afternoon and re-
turned to him the Interstate commerce
bill, together with his report thereon
The measure will probably be consid.
cred at the regular cabinet meeting to
morrow. The ten days within which
the president can legally act on the bill
will expire Saturday evening. 1t is
not likely that final action viii be takeT
before Thursday, at the earliest. 1t is
impossible to obtain authentic infOrma
| tion as to the nature of the attorney
| general S report on the bill.
WANT FREE DELIVERY.
The poStoffice department has receiV
ed ninety-five applications from post
masters and citizens asking for tn;
| establishment of the free delivery sys
tenn at their respective towns under TIL
recent act of congress extending thu
service in the discretion of the post
master general to towns having certain
specified qualifications. The total mum
Der of towns having the required pop
ulation or revenue is $50.
TIFF PUBLIC DEBT.
1t is estimated that the public deb
statement to be issued tomorrow vii
show decrease of about 50, ZOO, 90
| in the debt since January /. The lie
/ ceiptS during January were SIS, zoo, DOC
| being about 100000 more than tn
| receipts for the same month OF las
| year. The expenditures for January
| 1887, were $50, 000, 600, being 5000, 90
less than the expenditures for January
1886.
MANNING THE NAVY.
The naval subcommittee on cOnstruC
ton has reached an agreement, whic
will doubtless receive the approval {
the full committee looking to an apprt
priation for the construction of tw
LOCO ton cruisers of the Newark typ,
five LOO ton gunboats, patterned aftt
gunbOat No. IL, and three sea-goin
torpedo boats. There is an intentio
on the part of several members of til
committee When the construction bill
|, reached in the house to move an il
crease of the appropriation, SO as
provide for the construction of at lea,
three vessels in addition to those a
ready described.